#nursing-home

#nursing-home

It was a regrettable mistake.But Kim Sylvester thought she was doing the right thing at the time.Her 80-year-old mother, Harriet Burkel, had fallen at her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, fractured her pelvis and gone to a rehabilitation center to recover.It was only days after the death of Burkel's husband, 82, who had moved into a memory care facility three years earlier.

Glen Lockett, the influential record producer who, working under the name Spot, helped define the jet-turbine sound of American punk rock in the 1980s, recording groundbreaking albums by Black Flag, Husker Du, Minutemen and many others, died on March 4 in Sheboygan, Wis.He was 71.His death, in a nursing home, was announced in a Facebook post by Joe Carducci, a former co-owner of SST Records, the iconoclastic Hermosa Beach, Calif., label where Mr. Lockett made his name.

A viral TikTok, which has 3.6 million likes as of March 7, has finally caught the attention of Rihanna and Jay-Z.In the short video shared on Feb. 22, a group of women from Arcadia Senior Living Bowling Green in Kentucky recreated part of Rihanna's set from her Feb. 12 Super Bowl Halftime Show.The TikTok shows the women - dressed in white like Rihanna's backup dancers and one resident decked in red like Rih's Super Bowl outfit - performing the viral "Rude Boy" portion of the halftime show and capturing the internet's collective heart in the process.

Sister Andre poses for a portrait at the Sainte Catherine Laboure care home in Toulon, southern France, Wednesday, April 27, 2022.The French nun who was believed to be the world's oldest person died at 118 in her sleep early Tuesday Jan.17, 2023, the spokesperson for her nursing home in Toulon, David Tavella, said Wednesday.

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an opinion piece by Phineas Harper that argues "cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure".
Harper suggests that instead of desperately trying to reduce road congestion in the short term, politicians should be using traffic as a tool for making urban transport more sustainable.

A French nun who was believed to be the world's oldest person has died a few weeks before her 119th birthday, the spokesperson for her nursing home in southern France said Wednesday.Lucile Randon, known as Sister Andre, was born in the town of Ales, southern France, on Feb. 11, 1904.She was also one of the world's oldest survivors of COVID-19.

Gwyneth Paltrow's ski slope collision left a man living as a self-imposed recluse, a US court has heard.Terry Sanderson said he was living another life following the incident which left him with broken ribs and brain injuries.Retired optometrist Mr Sanderson is suing the Oscar-winning actress over the collision at the Deer Valley resort in Utah in 2016, alleging she fell on top of him, leaving him with several broken ribs and a severe concussion.

A man who collided with Gwyneth Paltrow on a ski slope says he is living another life following the incident, which left him with severe injuries.Terry Sanderson said he had been told he should not ski again following the crash, which had caused the breakdown of his mental health and relationships.Retired optometrist Mr Sanderson is suing the Oscar-winning actress over the collision at the Deer Valley resort in Utah in 2016, alleging she fell on top of him, leaving him with several broken ribs and a severe concussion.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The Princess of Wales has arrived at a nursing home to discover how the family-run business is caring for the elderly.Kate has made improving the experiences of the very young, through her early years work, her focus but will learn how those at the end of their lives are supported at the Oxford House Nursing Home.

The Princess of Wales has joked her children may boycott her pancakes after she branded her attempts at a Shrove Tuesday treat as unfit to eat.Kate laughed as she struggled to free the batter mix from a frying pan, but successfully tossed it when she joined residents from a nursing home enjoying the annual event.